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Published Thursday, 07-Apr-2005 in issue 902
“Personally, I don’t think people would reject a prime minister simply on the basis that he was gay.”
— British Prime Minister Tony Blair as quoted in The Telegraph, March 19. The full interview from which the quotation came will appear in the gay magazine Attitude.
“Our show’s run by gays. It takes a gay man to write for women because none of the straight men in the industry are doing it.”
— “Desperate Housewives” actress Eva Longoria (Gabrielle) to Out magazine, April issue. Creator Marc Cherry and Executive Producer Michael Edelstein are gay.
“Civil union, while an amazing step forward, is not equal to marriage. But that is what politics is about. Politics is about making very tough decisions that involve figuring out how much you can get at any given time. Clearly, as painful as it may be, this is all that can be done right now.”
— National Gay and Lesbian Task Force Executive Director Matt Foreman to the Los Angeles Times, March 6.
“[T]he court rulings are verifying why I took the position I took, and that is I don’t believe judges ought to be deciding this issue. I believe this is an issue of particular importance to the American people and should be decided by the people. And I think the best way to do so is through the constitutional process. ... [C]ourt rulings such as this strengthen my position, it seems like to me. People now understand why I laid out the position I did. ... [T]he more that judges start deciding the issue, I’m confident the more the people will want to be involved in the issue. This is a very important issue for the country and one that obviously needs to be conducted with a great deal of sensitivity and concern about other people’s feelings. But this is – it’s an issue I feel strongly about.”
— President George W. Bush March 16 responding to the March 14 San Francisco County Superior Court ruling declaring California’s ban on same-sex marriage unconstitutional.
“I have a problem with Madonna’s devotion to Kabbalah, because I watched a documentary that said that Kabbalah believes that gay people are diseased and can be cured. She’s such a hypocrite. This is the woman who has embraced homosexuality and used it to her advantage.”
— Singer Boy George as quoted by the Irish Examiner, March 6.
“Would a heterosexual man spend a lifetime describing himself as ‘straight-acting’? But for gay men, this laughable expression screams identity crisis, emotional immaturity and sexual neurosis. Despite the lurking madness behind that tedious expression, it’s widely accepted, especially on sites like Gaydar, as a reasonable profile description. ... How do you behave when you’re not ‘acting’?”
— Stewart Who writing in London’s Gay Times, March issue.
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